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General Information

Beginning of works: 1863
Completion: 1868
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Church

Location

Location: , , ,
Address: 71 bis Boulevard Voltaire
Coordinates: 48° 51' 39.96" N    2° 22' 32.02" E
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Technical Information

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Excerpt from Wikipedia

The church of Saint-Ambroise is located in the 11th arrondissement of Paris and was named after St. Ambrose. Saint-Ambroise gave the neighborhood ist name, the quartier Saint-Ambroise. Ist length is 87 metres, and the towers are 68 metres high.

History

Construction and consecration

Located at 71 Boulevard Voltaire, Saint-Ambroise was built between 1863 and 1868, shortly after the construction of the new Boulevard du Prince-Eugène, which was later renamed Boulevard Voltaire. It replaced a church called Notre-Dame de la Procession which was located close to the path of the new street at about the location of the public garden. The church was designed by architect Théodore Ballu.

Saint-Ambroise was consecrated by cardinal Léon-Adolphe Amette on 7 December 1910.

Occupation

On 18 March 1996 the church was occupied by about three hundred African immigrants who demanded regularization of their immigration status. After four days the group was ordered to leave by public authorities. A similar situation arose at the église Saint-Bernard.

Garden and sculpture

In front of the church a small public garden includes a sculpture honoring sixty years of Catholic Aid, donated by local residents and sculpted by G. Chance.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Saint-Ambroise, Paris" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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Relevant Web Sites

Relevant Publications

  • Pérouse de Montclos, Jean-Marie (1994): Le guide du Patrimoine: Paris. Ministère de la Culture - Hachette, Paris (France), pp. 418.
  • Borrus, Kathy / Brockmann, Jorg / Driscoll, James / Canal, Denis-Armand / Vailhen, Nathalie (2005): Paris. Mille monuments. 1st edition, Editions Mengès, Paris (France), pp. 354-355.
  • Dumoulin, Aline / Ardisson, Alexandra / Maingard, Jérôme / Antonello, Murielle / Rosenberg, Pierre (2008): Reconnaître Paris d'église en église. Massin, Paris (France), ISBN 978-2-7072-0583-4, pp. 227-229.
  • About this
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  • Structure-ID
    20036249
  • Published on:
    08/04/2008
  • Last updated on:
    03/03/2015
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